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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONI KUMARI
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- LGD code
- 353466
- Pincode
- 814112
- Post office
- B. MANDIR
- Population
- 292
- Households
- 58
- Literacy rate
- 46.9%
- Sex ratio
- 921 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 167
Census 2011 · in context
How Bandh Agar compares
By population, Bandh Agar ranks #217 of 453 villages in Mohanpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.9%
−0.9% vs mandal average
- Bandh Agar
- 46.9%
- Mohanpur mandal
- 47.8%
- Deoghar district
- 53.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
921
−1 vs mandal average
- Bandh Agar
- 921
- Mohanpur mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Bandh Agar
- 5.0
- Mohanpur mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bandh Agar at a glance
Bandh Agar is a village of 292 people in 58 households (Census 2011) in Mohanpur block, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, the 217th-largest of 453 villages in Mohanpur block. Literacy is 47%, about the same as the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 921 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814112, served by B. MANDIR post office; the LGD village code is 353466. The sarpanch is SONI KUMARI, and the village votes in Madhupur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hafizul Hassan. The population is estimated at 344 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Medinidih →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandh Agar · this village | 292 | 47% | — |
| Mednidih · Mohanpur | 1,036 | 43% | — |
| Bhorajamuan · Mohanpur | 673 | 54% | — |
| Dhakodih · Mohanpur | 646 | 57% | — |
| Latwabaran · Mohanpur | 529 | 49% | — |
| Dahua · Mohanpur | 507 | 49% | — |
| Biarajpur · Mohanpur | 430 | 47% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bandh Agar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEOGHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 4
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MEDNIDIH
- Total area (ha)
- 34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.98
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bandh Agar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bandh Agar
- LGD code
- 353466
- Pincode
- 814112
- Post office
- B. MANDIR
- Population (Census 2011)
- 292
- Population (projected 2026)
- 344
- Households
- 58
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 921
- Literacy rate
- 46.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Godda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Madhupur
- Member of Parliament
- Nishikant Dubey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hafizul Hassan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONI KUMARI
- Block / Mandal
- Mohanpur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 814112
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Bandh Agar
Other villages in Mohanpur mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)